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JUNIPERUS ; OR 



No. 19. JuNiPERus PROSTRATA, Persoon, the Prostrate-branched 



Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus repens, Nuttall. 

 y» »y Hudsonica, Loddiges. 



i» ,3 Sabina prostrata, Loudon. 



t> )j „ humilis. Hooker. 



„ i, Alpina, Loddiges. 



Leaves, in twos, alternately opposite, very short, loosely 

 running over each other, and irregularly four-rowed, very 

 dense, concave above and convex below, terminating with a 

 very sharp point, stem-clasping, dull shining green, and with 

 the ends pointing outwards and quite free. Stems, prostrate, 

 long, slender, laying flat on the ground, flexible and spreading; 

 smaller ones, short, dense, alternate, straight and thickly placed 

 on the upper side of the branches. Berries, small, globular, or 

 oblong, tuberculated, and when ripe, of a glaucous black or 

 blackish violet colour, on short branchlets, and solitary. 



A prostrate shrub, trailing along the ground, and not rising 

 more than six or eight inches high, but spreading over a large 

 space. 



It is found in the United States of America, on the sandy 

 beaches of Lake Huron, and the hills along the Missouri River, 

 near Fort Mandan. 



No. 20. Juniperus recurva, Don, the Weeping Indian ' 



Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus incurva, Hamiltoii. 



yy „ repanda, Hort. 



„ „ canescens, E. I. Company. 



, rr ^ f this is the male form 



,, „ recurva densa, Hort. \ ^ , , 



\ 01 the plant. 



„ „ Nepalensis, .Z2i??,?. 



This is called ' Aroo,' and ' Uguroo,' in Nepal, probably 

 from its growing among the rocks where eagles resort. 



Leaves, in threes, linear-lanceolate, bristly-pointed, loosely 

 imbricated and convex beneath. Branches and branchlets re- 



